by Colbie Kay
"Brother, we got a problem."
"What?"
"It's Crawler. Snake sent him today. I didn't even see it coming when he knocked me out and took 'em."
"The fuck? You tellin' me he has my Ol' Lady and my boy?"
"Yeah man, I'm sorry."
I hang up the phone, looking at Hanger. "It's Crawler. He took her and Cub. I'm callin' Snake."
"Fuck. What reason would he have to do this?"
"I don't know, but come to think of it, he gave me a weird feeling when he first saw Jacey. She felt the same way." I dial Snake’s number and his phone rings twice, then he answers. Before he can say anything, I tell him, "Crawler kidnapped Jacey and Cub."
"WHAT?" he yells into the phone. “No fuckin’ way.”
"I just got word that it's Crawler. Why did you send him and not a goddamn prospect?"
“I didn't send him. I sent Spike. I haven't seen him all day, so I assumed he was there."
“Pretty Boy said Crawler was sent by you. He knocked him out. He didn't even see it coming."
"You have any idea where they are?" he asks, his breathing deepening with his growing anger.
"Not yet, but when I find them, he's a dead man. Got me?"
"I'm on my way." He hangs up.
"I'm riding to the cabin to check things out. I'll keep you updated."
"I'll come with you,” Doc says. We leave the clubhouse and ride to the cabin where I find Pretty Boy on the front porch. He's got a gash on his head, dried blood smeared everywhere.
"You might wanna have Doc look at that,” I tell him as I go into the house. They are hot on my trail, and with the bond that Jacey and Doc have formed, I knew he wouldn't be sitting this one out.
"I'm sorry, Bear. He told me Snake sent him so I thought it was okay. He asked me to take a break, but I refused,” Pretty Boy says. “He pulled his pistol and hit me, that's all I remember."
"Not your fault for gettin' knocked out.” I turn my cold stare on him, telling him, "What is your fault, however, was not gettin' me on the phone when he pulled up. If anything happens to either of them, brother or not, I will kill you."
"I know. I wouldn't expect anything less." He drops his head. I know he feels guilty, but I'm too fucking pissed and worried to give two fucks about him right now.
I get to the hallway and laying there is Karma, bleeding. I get down, making sure she's still alive. She's hanging in there, but if I don't hurry, she’ll be dead.
"Get a vet now!” I yell, not caring who does it.
I check the whole house, and nothing’s missing or out of place. There are drops of blood going from the hallway, out the door, and down the steps. I'm hoping it's his blood, that Karma got him before he shot her. Other than that, it just looks like she left without taking anything. The alarm didn't notify me, so she had to have opened the door. My phone beeps with a new text, and pulling it out, I see it's from Lil Mama. Thank fuck! She tells me where she’s being kept at, and it's not far from here. She heard my bike go by. That son of a bitch didn't think this through very well.
Pulling my phone out again, I call Snake. “I’m almost there."
"I got a text from her. I know where she's at, meet me at that dirty old house that you pass on the way here."
"You got it." I hang up and text her back, letting her know I'm on my way. Getting the keys to my truck, I drive a little ways away from the house. The guys park their bikes behind my truck. We pull our guns just in case they’re not alone. I don't want to give him reason to do anything to them, so we walk the rest of the way. I try to see in the windows on the porch, but they’re all boarded up. Doc and Pretty Boy go around the house as I very softly step up onto the porch and knock on the front door. Sure enough, Crawler opens up. I push on the door, knocking him down with it.
"Where are they, you motherfucker?"
"Bear, what a surprise. I have no idea what you are talking about." He goes to get up, but I knock him back on his ass with my foot.
"Tell me where they are and I might consider letting you live." I hear Lil Mama scream from a door on the left.
"Are they in there?" I ask, pointing to the door.
"I don't know what you’re talking about."
I throw a punch to his face. He spits blood and a tooth out onto the floor. Crawler looks up at me, smiling. I walk toward the door, turning the knob only to find it locked. I'm about to kick the door when I feel him at my back. He pulls at me then kicks his leg, sideswiping mine and making me fall to the ground. He throws a couple of his own punches, busting my lip. Doc and Pretty Boy come running into the house, getting him off of me.
I stand back up. "Let him go." They do as they're told. I take the steps to him, throwing another punch, making him stumble. I walk up and give him a couple more hits until he's back on the floor. I straddle his waist, putting all my strength in the hits. I hear someone tell me to stop, but I can't make out who it is.
Blood flies everywhere as another hit lands on his face. At one point he passed out, but I can't stop. I just keep hitting him over and over as I think about him trying to take my family from me. I won't let anyone take my family from me again. It's deathly quiet in here until my fist connects again, and I hear the cracking of the bones breaking in his face. Blood’s everywhere and soon it feels like I'm hitting mush. Someone tries to get me off of him.
"Bear, he's dead. You killed him. That's enough." That's still not enough to get me off this scumbag.
"Bear, where are they? Where is my princess and Cub?”
Coming back to reality, I realize it's Snake. I gotta get them. I stand up, seeing the mess I created, and walk over to the door. "Lil Mama, get as far away from the door as you can!”
"Okay, I'm away from it!” she yells back, and as soon as I hear those words, I kick it open. Standing in a corner, back facing the door, is my Ol' Lady.
"Lil Mama,” I say, so she knows that it's okay to turn around. When she does, she has Cub clutched to her chest.
"Bear?" she questions
"C'mere, Lil Mama." She runs over to me, putting Cub in one arm and throwing her free arm around me. I wrap them both up in my embrace, peppering kisses all over their faces. "Bear, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, it's not my blood," I reassure her. "Are you guys okay?"
"Yeah, he didn't hurt us. I'm so happy you found us! I love you. Is Karma okay?"
"I don't know, one of the guys has a vet comin' to get her. I got your text. I love you too. And I still think you need to have Dr. Greene check you out."
"Okay." She looks over my shoulder. "Dad, why did you send him?"
"I didn't, Princess, and now I have a missin' prospect. Do you know why he took you?"
"Yeah, but I'd really like to get out of here before I start talking about it."
"Let's go back to the clubhouse. We can talk about it and get the doctor to see you."
She then sees Doc and Pretty Boy, her eyes shine with unshed tears. "Pretty Boy, I'm so glad you’re okay!”
"I'm so sorry, Lil Mama,” he tells her.
"Hey, come here. It wasn't your fault." He walks over to her and she gives him a one arm hug. He's lucky he gets out of this one. I take Cub out of her arms.
"Doc, are you okay?" He runs up to her, grabbing her up in a tight hug.
“I'm so fuckin' glad you guys are okay!”
"Me too, Doc."
Cub is looking at me as he puts his hand on my face, saying Dada. My vision goes blurry as my eyes fill up with my own set of tears. If I would’ve lost them, I would’ve died myself.
"Yeah buddy, it's Dada,” I tell him, seeing the smile form on his face.
Snake had a full gas can in the bed of his truck, so Pretty Boy dowsed the inside, along with Crawler’s body and the front porch. I pulled out the lighter I still carry, and once ever one’s outside, I light that bitch on fire and we stand there watching it burn.
We make it back to the clubhouse and she gives the doctor a call while I take a quick shower, getting al
l the blood off of me. I walk her down to the chapel where Snake and Hanger are waiting for us. I left Cub with Crazy Girl and the girls. We take seats at the table.
Snake starts, asking, "Why did he take you?"
"He was fucking crazy."
"Jacey, come on.”
"What, Dad? He was.” She cocks her eyebrow at him.
"He took me because he said it was where I belonged. I was the princess of your club and he was the VP’s son. We were destined to be together. So, like I said, he was fucking crazy."
"Before you left, it was talked about, but not a minute afterward. I had no idea that he’d hold onto that, and I can't say what this is gonna do between the clubs."
"What do you mean? He kidnapped them, Snake!” Hanger chimes in.
"I know that, and I'm with you guys, but Bear killed my VP’s son. He's not gonna take that lightly."
"I don't give two fucks! His son took my Ol' Lady and my boy! He fuckin' deserved to die,” I tell him, my anger bubbling to the surface.
"I agree. I'll see what I can do, but I gotta go find my missin' prospect." He stands, walking over to Lil Mama, kissing the top of her head.
"I'd have killed him myself if he would of hurt either of you. I love you."
"I love you too, dad." We walk out, going to my room so she can lay down with Cub. I walk to the bar, waiting for the doctor when Romeo calls me from the gate to tell me that she's here. A few minutes later, she comes in with a machine, looking around the club, taking everything in. Her eyes stop on Hacker, all the color draining from her face. It’s like she's seen a ghost. I look to Hacker and his eyes are huge, face red with anger.
"Dr. Greene?" I question, walking up to her. She jumps, completely off in her head.
"What?" She turns to me. "Oh right, Bear. Where's Jacey?" she asks.
"She's this way.” I start leading her to the room. “Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine just a little jumpy, is all,” she responds.
I hear Hacker shout, “WHAT THE FUCK IS SHE DOING HERE?" I look over and see that Dr. Greene has stopped, her eyes closed, breathing heavy.
"Hey, is there somethin' I should know about?" I ask her.
"No, it's fine," she answers, recovering. “I'm just not his favorite person."
We get to the room pushing the door open. "Lil Mama?"
"Hmm?”
"Dr. Greene’s here."
She rolls to the side. "Hey Sierra. How are you?"
"I'm good, worried about you though. What's going on?"
"I had an accident, and Bear just wants to make sure that everything’s good with the baby."
"Okay, let's find out. I brought a sonogram machine with me so you can see the baby. I believe you’re close enough to find out what you are having, too."
As she sets up the machine, I grab Cub, putting him in the play pen we have setup. I go sit on the edge of the bed, taking Lil Mama's hand. The machine is ready to go, and her shirt’s pulled up, pants pulled down a little bit. Dr. Greene puts the gel on her stomach and places the wand on the gel, moving it around. "Bear, can you go turn the light off?"
"Yeah." I turn the light off, and look at the screen, seeing our baby.
"The heartbeat looks great, everything looks normal. Here's the head, legs, and arms,” she says as she points to each of them.
"Do you want to find out the sex?" I look over and Lil Mama's looking at me. We nod at the same time, smiling and looking back at the doctor. “Okay, it looks like she’s being cooperative. Congratulations!”
"It's a girl? We’re having a fuckin’ girl?" I ask. I start sweating, nerves kicking in.
"Yep, you sure are."
"Lil Mama, we're having a fuckin' girl!"
Laughing, she says, "Yeah Bear, I know, I heard her."
"So everything is good with her and the baby?"
Dr. Greene confirms, "Yes everything’s great."
"Thank you so much, Doctor.”
"Bear, please call me Sierra."
Smiling, I say, "Okay, Sierra.”
Turning to Lil Mama, "I'm gonna walk her out, I'll be right back." She nods and I give her a kiss before walking out. We leave the room, heading back into the bar. Hacker’s gone so she gets to leave with no problems. I go back to the room, asking if Jacey if she’s ready to go home.
Later that night after Cub is in bed, I lay down next to her. “Bear, did you call the vet? How's Karma doing?”
“She's fine, baby. Don't work about her, she’s a tough little shit. So were you, babe. I was so fuckin' scared today. I've only ever been scared one time, until the moment I thought I’d never see the two of you again,” I tell her.
"I know. I was scared too. He said he wouldn't hurt me unless I tried to run, but I didn't trust that,” she says.
"Yeah. You don't know how fuckin' happy I was to get your text."
"I didn't even know for sure if you got it. It said sent, but then my phone died."
"Enough about all of that bad shit. So, we’re having a girl. How do you feel about it?" I ask.
"I'm so happy! I promise I won't fuck her or Cub up like my mom did me."
"Baby, I know you won't. You're an amazing mom, definitely not like your cunt of a mother. You love Cub so much and you will our daughter too."
"I love you too, you know?” she says, smiling,
"Oh, I know, and I'm about to show you just how much I love you."
"Oh really?" she questions as she tilts her neck so I can nuzzle in it.
Uh huh is the last thing I said until I pushed inside of her bringing myself home. I made love to her for the first time, slowly, passionately, never rushing or picking up speed, telling each other how much we loved one another until we came together, calling out each other's names. Every single time is incredible and amazing with my Ol' Lady, but tonight, what we shared between the two of us is something I never thought I would get to experience. I started my life in the Sinners hating life, love, just about everything, but in the end, I have what my parents always had, a love I'll never find twice. I have a life full of love with my club family and this woman. I have just about everything I could ever want or need, and it'll be complete when my little girl gets here. I fought hard to get what I wanted and this moment right here made every single second of it worth fighting for.
Jacey
6 months later
I went back to work in the studio a couple of weeks after the kidnapping. The Betrayed got their manager, which Dawson doesn't look happy about. He's dealing with it though and they’re amazing, just like I knew they would be, and soon the world will know it. I had to take some time off when I had Kelcey. Bear kept an eye on the studio for me, making sure everyone was working. I had to show him how to work the equipment and the guys knew a little as well, so that helped.
When Bear held our beautiful daughter in his arms for the first time, he had the same look when we had Cub, face full of wonder and pride, but this time he let the tears fall. The only other time I've ever seen tears from him was when Ripper died.
Bear had a surprise for me, too, and let me tell you, I have the absolute best husband ever. Do you remember that argument we had about the Prince Albert? Well, he went way beyond that! Since I couldn't have sex for six weeks, he went and got the Jacob's Ladder piercing. As soon as my six weeks were up, I was on him, finding out what all the fuss is about. Holy shit, I thought his cock felt good inside me before, but feeling those piercings going in and out of me at the same time as his massive cock took me to a whole new level of ecstasy.
I think over the last two years about how far we’ve come. In our family, that's including the guys at the club, we’ve lost some and gained some. There have been weddings and babies, deaths and funerals. People finding love and losing it, some getting a second chance with their first.
Speaking of which, my dad and Victoria got married after the first day of seeing each other. They were inseparable, so it's not really a surprise. They loved each other all that time and because of a
misunderstanding, plus my bitch of a mother, they couldn't be together. It was a beautiful ceremony in the back of the Cobras' clubhouse, and both clubs got along great. Crazy Girl and I helped decorate everything, and of course, we were the bridesmaids.
Ava and Harper were the flower girls and Cub was the ring bearer. Hanger walked her down the aisle, giving her away to my dad. It was perfect, really, and now they’re both so happy. I love her and she’s great with the kids. I think Hanger has gotten over all of his issues with her, thanks to Zoey. She was elated when they got married because it meant Hanger and I are step brother and sister, making her my sister in law, which didn't feel new. She was really like a sister to me anyway, and this just made it official.
Not too long after the wedding, my father was shot again. It was worse this time, he lost so much blood and ended up needing a transfusion, so everyone got their blood checked and one of us was a match. I’ve asked what happened, but all I ever hear is that it's club business.
Hanger and Zoey had a little boy named Damien, and soon they’ll be getting married. I think she keeps holding off, hoping Chatty and Ever will come back. Ever is really busy in New York, so who knows? I haven't talked to Chatty, but from what Zoey says, she has no plans of coming back. All of us miss both of them, and Gunner too.
Bear and I have had a lot of ups and down in our journey, but we made it. We fought, we loved, and we won in the end. Through it all, I found out I never really wanted to be a doctor. My whole plan went to shit, but I found a new one, a better one, One where I decide what happens in my life and one that has made me happier than I ever thought possible.
I hope you all loved our story and if you want more, Night Sky will be next. It's coming soon and it's the story of Ever and Writer.
First and foremost I gotta give a shout out to Jana Whaley. You have been there from the beginning with me on this crazy ride. I'm looking forward to many more with you. You are my insight and half my brain when it is needed.
Michelle Slagan thank you for taking me on as my PA. You have helped me so much in this book world.
My betas you ladies are amazing and thank you for taking the time to read my books. You have become more than just my betas you have become my friends and that I cherish. You are always there for me giving me input and your opinions when I need it.
